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By DAN CARRIER
 

MP Gerald Kaufman
Call for war crime hearings

A LEADING Labour politician has called on the government to impose sanctions on Israel if war crime prosecutions against the killers of Tom Hurndall and British film-maker James Miller, both shot in Gaza, are blocked.
Writing in The Independent newspaper, MP Gerald Kaufman said yesterday (Wednesday) that sanctions should be imposed “on what would be a rogue government” if Israel refused to extradite the killers for prosecution in this country or before an international court.
The former Shadow Foreign Secretary added: “Those of us who have visited the Palestinian territories in recent months know that there is an element in the Israeli armed forces which is trigger happy and well nigh out of control.”
He said that during a visit by a parliamentary delegation in November last year three members of the Commons and two members of the Lords were held at gunpoint by Israeli soldiers, even after explaining their mission.
Mr Kaufman added: “I look to my own British government to take action on behalf of its own murdered nationals and their families.
“They must ensure that the Israeli government is made to abide by international law and international decency.”
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